CUKRENT PAPERS. 



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'by many captains of ships, whom I very cordially thank for their 

 assistance, and I think, after this period, 7 years, it may be assumed 

 that, considering the number of ships, about the same number of 

 papers are set afloat each month, and in response for my request 

 for a list of the papers set afloat (see list at end). Sixteen 

 captains have sent me lists, from which it appears that during 

 the period covered by this paper (thirteen months), no less than 

 448 papers have been set afloat. The papers received during the 

 past thirteen months number 106, of these 20 have been more 

 than thirteen months drifting, so that 86 papers thrown over 

 during the interval come to me, that is, out of 448 set afloat 86, 

 or 1 in 5 came back, which is much more than I anticipated. 

 Referring to the effect of N.W. winds in a previous paper and 

 their effect in preventing the landing of papers in the Australian 

 Bight, it may be mentioned that the prevalence of southerly 

 winds has been coincident with the landing of many current 

 papers on the Australian Bight. 



CURRENT PAPERS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. 



The following tabular statement, shews the distribution and 

 rates of drift in the Indian Ocean, where the rate of drift is 

 greater, and the same for the Atlantic : — 



Landing on Australia. Landing on Africa. 



Number of 

 Charts. 



T3 



Latitude S. 

 0° to 10° 



Latitude S. 

 10° to 33° 



Latitude S. 

 33° to 43° 



Latitude S. 

 43° to 50° 



Atlantic 

 Ocean. 



J. 5 



No. of 

 Papers 



Average 



drift in 



miles per 



day. 



No. of 

 Papers 



Average 



drift in 



miles per 



day. 



No. of 

 Papers 



Average 



drift in 



miles per 



day. 



No. of 

 Papers 



Average 



drift in 



miles per 



day. 



No. of 

 Papers 



Average 

 drift in 

 miles 

 per day. 



1893-4 



yrs. 





















No. 1 



3 



















1 



7-0 



5 



7-8 











1895-6 













1 













No. 2 



2 











2 



161 



6 



86 



3 



91 











1895-6 

























No. 3 



2 



4 



10-9 



3 



137 



4 



6-1 



3 



10-1 











1899 

























No. 4 



1 











3 



15-2 



5 



9-4 



2 



12-3 



4 



61 



1900 

























No. 5 



1 



1 



156 



3 



21-4 



5 



6-7 



3 



7-5 









 6-1 



No. of ps 



Average No. 



ipers 



miles i 



5 



er day 



13-3 



11 



16-6 



21 



7-6 



16 



9-4 



4 



from 1893 to 1900. 



